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EVGA needs no introduction. They have now been around for more than a decade. Since the release of the X58 chipset, they have separated themselves as a top-notch enthusiast motherboard manufacturer. As of this writing, their X58 Classified holds two out of the top five world frequency records for i7’s in the CPU-z Hall of Fame. EVGA hopes to continue their dominance with their new lineup of boards based on the Intel P55 chipset.
Today, we are presented with the EVGA P55 FTW motherboard. This is one of quite a few motherboards EVGA has released for the P55 chipset, and is in the top three in terms of features.
Thanks to EVGA for providing the board for this review.
What helps a good thermal compound to become a great product? In the younger days of computing one would have automatically have said ‘lower temperatures’ and that would be that. However the industry has matured, as such consumers are demanding more and more applications for their money. For example conductivity is a question; ergo will it conduct an electric current? Next is viscosity, how liquid is it? Is it suitable for delicate tasks such as PWM and GPU applications? These and many other questions need to be asked for all contenders to the throne of ‘Thermal Compound king'.
Noctua has fast become one of our recommended brands, not through bribery or friendship, but with sheer performance advancing products such as the NF-P12 fans
Today we are taking a look at the NF-S12B FLX fan, which in Noctua’s own words is not a direct competitor to the NF-P12’s We would like to take this time to thank Noctua for providing the review samples. So without any further ado let us bring you the low-down of this product.
In the beginning, when Man made machines, it became clear that some people were more enthusiastic about technology than others, indeed some people just want the utmost performance possible for the minimum price, often sacrificing other areas to achieve this.
While others decided that performance was important, there was a necessity for quiet operation too, so in order to decrease noise they were willing to sacrifice performance. Unfortunately, these two different groups co-existed for a long time, and many failed to persuade users of the other faction to switch their allegiance, until that is, Noctua came along...
